- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
While staying in Chalcis, Antiochus III received envoys with different requests from the Epirotes and the Eleans, and he responded to each of them accordingly.
ὅτι Ἀντιόχου διατρίβοντος ἐν τῇ Χαλκίδι καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος καταρχομένου παρεγένοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν πρεσβευταὶ παρὰ μὲν τοῦ τῶν Ἠπειρωτῶν ἔθνους οἱ περὶ Χάροπα, παρὰ δὲ τῆς τῶν Ἠλείων πόλεως οἱ περὶ Καλλίστρατον.
While Antiochus was staying in Chalcis and winter was beginning, there came to him as envoys Charops and his associates on behalf of the nation of the Epirotes, and Callistratus and his associates on behalf of the city of the Eleans.
οἱ μὲν οὖν Ἠπειρῶται παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν μὴ προεμβιβάζειν σφᾶς εἰς τὸν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους πόλεμον, θεωροῦντα1 διότι πρόκεινται πάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πρὸς τὴν Ἰταλίαν·
Now the Epirotes requested him not to involve them prematurely in the war against the Romans, [asking him] to consider that they lay in front of all Greece, facing Italy.
ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν αὐτὸς δύναται προκαθίσας τῆς Ἠπείρου παρασκευάζειν σφίσι τὴν ἀσφάλειαν, ἔφασαν αὐτὸν δέξασθαι2 καὶ ταῖς πόλεσι καὶ τοῖς λιμέσιν·
But if he himself, by stationing himself in front of Epirus, could provide safety for them, they said they would receive him both in their cities and in their harbors.
εἰ δὲ μὴ κρίνει τοῦτο πράττειν κατὰ τὸ παρόν, συγγνώμην ἔχειν ἠξίουν αὐτοῖς δεδιόσι τὸν ἀπὸ Ῥωμαίων πόλεμον.
If, however, he should decide not to do this for the present, they asked him to have understanding for them, as they were in fear of the war with the Romans.
οἱ δʼ Ἠλεῖοι παρεκάλουν πέμπειν τῇ πόλει βοήθειαν· ἐψηφισμένων γὰρ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν τὸν πόλεμον εὐλαβεῖσθαι3 τὴν τούτων ἔφοδον.
On the other hand, the Eleans requested him to send help to their city; for, since the Achaeans had voted for war, they were on their guard against an invasion by them.
ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τοῖς μὲν Ἠπειρώταις ἀπεκρίθη διότι πέμψει πρεσβευτὰς τοὺς διαλεχθησομένους αὐτοῖς ὑπὲρ τῶν κοινῇ συμφερόντων, τοῖς δʼ Ἠλείοις ἐξαπέστειλε χιλίους πεζούς, ἡγεμόνα συστήσας Εὐφάνη τὸν Κρῆτα. —
And the king replied to the Epirotes that he would send envoys to discuss with them concerning their common interests, while to the Eleans he dispatched a thousand infantry, having appointed Euphanes the Cretan as their commander. —
- 20.3.2θεωροῦντα
Accusative present participle modifying the main clause's object αὐτόν (Antiochus), meaning '[asking/expecting] him to consider that...'.
- 20.3.3ἔφασαν αὐτὸν δέξασθαι
Although αὐτόν might at first glance appear to be the subject of the infinitive δέξασθαι, in this context, the subject of δέξασθαι is the Epirotes (the subject of ἔφασαν), and αὐτόν (Antiochus) is its object: 'they said they would receive him'.
- 20.3.5εὐλαβεῖσθαι
Infinitive. Following the genitive absolute construction ἐψηφισμένων ... τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ('since the Achaeans had voted for war'), it functions to explain the reason why the Eleans made their request, expressing that they were on their guard against an invasion.